Question
إذا تاب العبد عن ذنوبه أنسى الله حفظته ذنوبه، وأنسى ذلك جوارحه ومعالمه من الأرض حتى يلقى الله يوم القيامة وليس عليه شاهد من الله بذنب
Answer
Translation
“When a slave repents for his sins, Allah Ta’ala causes everything to forget his sin; from the Angels, to his own limbs as well as the other parts of the ground. When such a person will meet Allah on the day of Qiyamah there will be no witness to his sins [that he repented from].”
This Hadith is recorded by Imams Ibn ‘Asakir, Hakim Tirmidhi (rahimahullah) and others and is declared weak but suitable to quote as an incentive for repenting.
(Targhib, vol. 4, pg. 94-95, Faydul Qadir, Hadith: 513 and As-Sirajul Munir, vol. 1, pg. 113)
The following sound (hasan) Hadith offers broader support for the narration in question:
“The one who repents is like he who has not sinned at all.”
(Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith: 4250 and Tabarani; see Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 10, pg. 200 . Also see Targhib, vol. 4, pg. 97 & Al-Maqasidul Hasanah, Hadith: 313)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,
Answered by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar